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Handy Guides to the World’s Most Curious Places

Ingmar Cronhammar’s 2015 exhibition in the Cisternerne, “H.”

Teddy Friendly

Your Rainbow Panorama

Rubjerg Knude

Fortress of Suomenlinna

Mostly, they’re snuffling around and eating.

16 Places to Fall in Love With The Nordics

Experience the landscapes, culture, and traditions that make autumn in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark so special.

Sponsored By The Nordics

Including Cisternerne, Forgotten Giants, Your Rainbow Panorama, and Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse

A section of the Tophet.

Butterflies swarm Petaloudes Valley

Scala dei Turchi

The light breeze making the sand glowing as it moves it around

The ruins of Troy

Suluklugol. (elfkkl/Flickr)

Chart Your Own Odyssey Across the Mediterranean

Dazzling destinations that evoke Homer’s epic.

Including Tophet at Carthage, Valley of the Butterflies, Scala dei Turchi, and Lemnos Sand Dunes

Phil-Am Storefront

“Wonder Cabinet” exhibition at Flux Factory

The praying mantis on the ride. Photo:

The food is arranged on steam tables behind the counter.

Bartow-Pell Mansion.

New York City’s Best Spots for a First Date

Where in the Big Apple to take the apple of your eye.

Including Phil-Am Foods, Flux Factory, The Golden Shopping Mall, and Bronx Zoo Bug Carousel

Just Room Enough Island

The courtyard.

Ábaco Libros y Café.

One of the guest bedrooms.

Porphyry Point Lighthouse at the entrance to Black Bay, Lake Superior

The tunnel of books.

The Best Places to Do Absolutely Nothing But Read

The “reading retreat” is having a moment. Here’s where to have yours.

Including Just Room Enough Island, Franz Mayer Museum Courtyard, Ábaco Libros y Café, and Gladstone's Library

This building is a re-creation of the Main Gate used during the Los Alamos Project.

The Mansion

The PS Medway Queen.

The coolest village sign in the UK?

Wollaton Hall in the snow.

Travel Through Christopher Nolan’s Cinematic Universe

Destinations that feel as mind-bending as the stories they inspired.

Including Volo Auto Museum, Main Gate Park, Fenyes Mansion, and The PS Medway Queen

Mermaid Kiyomi at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park.

The imposing house is framed by tall palms and ancient, moss-covered oaks.

The dinosaur is a prime example of the “novelty architecture” popularized with the rise of the automobile.

Lovingly crafted signs and sculptures rest beneath the branches.

The building sat vacant for decades until 2016, when Eric and Donna Burkes led a loving restoration.

This mermaid, Saguara, is inspired by Arizona’s wildlife and cultures.

Offbeat Hernando County: Florida’s Quirkiest Roadside Wonders

From haunted mansions to mermaid trails, these unexpected attractions reveal the strange side of Florida’s Adventure Coast.

Sponsored By Florida's Adventure Coast

Including Weeki Wachee: ‘City of Live Mermaids’, May-Stringer House, Sinclair Dinosaur Gas Station, and Wind Chime Memorial Tree

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